FARMER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FARMER?

Need another word that means the same as “farmer”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “farmer” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Farmer” are: granger, husbandman, sodbuster, fannie farmer, fannie merritt farmer, james leonard farmer, agriculturalist, agronomist, smallholder, grazier, farmhand, countryman, daughter of the soil, son of the soil

Farmer as a Noun

Definitions of "Farmer" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “farmer” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person who operates a farm.
• An expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915.
• United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920.
• A person to whom the collection of taxes was contracted for a fee.
• A person who owns or manages a farm.

Synonyms of "Farmer" as a noun (14 Words)

agriculturalist	The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862.
agronomist	An expert in the science of soil management and crop production. Agronomists worry that hot weather combined with dry conditions can hamper pollination.
countryman	A man who lives in the country and has country ways. He was a complete countryman with a pronounced affinity with nature.
daughter of the soil	A female human offspring.
fannie farmer	United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920.
fannie merritt farmer	An expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915.
farmhand	A worker on a farm.
granger	A person who operates a farm.
grazier	A large-scale sheep or cattle farmer.
husbandman	A person who cultivates the land; a farmer.
james leonard farmer	United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920.
smallholder	A person who owns or manages an agricultural holding smaller than a farm. Smallholder farmers use a wide range of agricultural tools for more efficient weeding.
sodbuster	A farmer or farm worker who ploughs the land. He plays a gunfighter turned sodbuster.
son of the soil	The divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus.

Associations of "Farmer" (30 Words)

agrarian	Relating to rural matters. Brazil is rapidly diversifying its agrarian economy.
agricultural	(in a sporting context) clumsy. Agricultural land.
agriculture	The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
agronomist	An expert in the science of soil management and crop production. Agronomists worry that hot weather combined with dry conditions can hamper pollination.
botanist	A biologist specializing in the study of plants. A botanist announced he d bred a new and beautiful variety of orchid.
bucolic	Idyllically rustic. The church is lovely for its bucolic setting.
cowhand	A person employed to tend cattle or to run a ranch.
crop	Yield crops. The horse was gratefully cropping the grass.
cultivator	A mechanical implement for breaking up the ground and uprooting weeds. Rotary cultivators are ideal in the kitchen garden.
dairy	A farm where dairy products are produced. I rely on soya as a substitute for dairy.
farming	Relating to farming or agriculture. Land was enclosed for arable farming.
farmland	Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops.
gardener	Someone who takes care of a garden. A part time gardener and handyman.
harvest	Gather a crop as a harvest. A harvest of love.
husbandry	The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. Low borrowing demonstrates astute husbandry of resources.
intelligentsia	An educated and intellectual elite. The belief that the liberal intelligentsia is ruining the country.
laity	In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy.
peasant	One of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers. Peasant farmers.
peon	(in South and SE Asia) a low-ranking worker such as an attendant, orderly, or assistant. Racing drivers aren t exactly nine to five peons.
ranch	Breed animals on a ranch. Her husband is ranching in Arizona.
rancher	A person who owns or runs a ranch.
reaper	Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe.
rural	Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. Remote rural areas.
rustic	Relating to the countryside; rural. Bare plaster walls and terracotta floor give a rustic feel.
scythe	Cut with a scythe. You may want hardy infantry troops to scythe down the opposition.
serf	(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
serfdom	The state of a serf. The liberation of the peasants from serfdom.
shopkeeper	A merchant who owns or manages a shop.
vassalage	The state of a serf.
yeoman	A member of the yeomanry force.